The U.S. Department of Agriculture has blocked Title IX controlled funding to Maine. The department cited the state’s continued refusal to “provide equal opportunity to women and girls in educational programs.” Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said the state has not taken the necessary steps to come into compliance to meet Title IX standards.

In a communication to Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Rollins accused the Mills administration of failure to protect “female student athletes from having to compete with or against or having to appear unclothed before males.”

President Donald Trump was involved in a short battle of words with Mills at a February event at the White House. The president directly challenged the governor for the state’s refusal to follow an executive order that barred transgender athletes in girl’s sports. The governor responded, “We’ll see you in court.”

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